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HOUSEHOLD sUPPLIEs,

APPLES Buying, loose, s1a1 Is; sell.
from gtore. Dried peaches, &c from store,
VEGErABLES-0nion 80 50@2 rs from
store. Cabbage, crate, =. Kraut, bar.
els, 3d. half barrels, So. Garlic, 81 per 100.
FRUIT = 0raD ges, imported, So 1904 sc
per box. Lemons, So 6093 SO per box; large
supply Bananas, 81 50G2 so per bunch.
NUTS-Coacoanuts, So per 100. Peanuts
Virginia, 60; Tennessee iarmers' stock, 80
4c; roasted, 21Sc higher; shelled, 100. AL
m0nds, 1870. Walputs-English. lSc; French,
l5c, Filberts, 121c. Pecans-Texas, 7@l0o /;
Brazil nuts, l21Sc. Chestnuts-Imported,
1870 per pound.
dissatisfaction layers, IS; IayerS,S2 rs ;
California, 81 Is.
PICKLES-In jars, pints, $50; quarts, 81 80 (;
half gallons, q rs; gallons, So IS; loose, bar
rels, 50 50g7; half barrels, 81; mixed, bar
rels. $40 50 mixed, half barrels, So.
EGGS--Quiet, l3@l4o.
P0TATOES-New, buying, 81 so; loose,
selling, SO so per barrel.
CIDER-New York, IS so per barrel and
So IS per half barrel.
FISH-Mackerol, half barrels, No, |,
1926 No. 2. IS IS; No. 5, IS; l0-lb kit, Mol,
81: No 2. Soc; No. 8, 85c. Dry behring's,
family, 25n per box.
GAMs-Game fish. $3.50.
vlNEgAR-l09l8 per gallon.
S0APS-36e3hc.
CANDLES-Full weight, $1,000.
SNUFFS- CARROTS, l0.S5c; Ralph's,
10Ac; Railroad, 9Lo.
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DRUGS, PAINrN AND OLE.

oDRQGS--Quinine, P. & w., or, $50; cans,
$50; NewYork quinine, OF. $50; $500; b.
?. Il w., u OF, 50 IS OF. 1 OF. walls, IS 10:
New York morphine, q OF, 50 Is per oI.; |
OF. vials, 81 80; cinehonidia, l o. walls 1Sc
or; , o.. cans, l3c or; gum opium, per
pound, q so; powdered, SO per. pound; TO-
muth, 81 20 per pound, inclusive; chloro-
FORM, 45c per pound; blue mass, 43c per
pound; calomel, S0c per pound mercury,
h5c per pound; chloral hydrate, 81 80 per
pound: oamphor, Csc per pound alcohol,
per SALON, 81 40
PAINTS AND 0ILr-White lead, Golfers,
SIC. per pound, 21zc OF Is days; Southern
white lead, &c per, pound, 500 pounds, $40.
219c of 10 days; boiled linseed oil, 43c per
per gallon, by barrel.
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CORN FED 0ATTLE-Ch Choice to:extrA. "a
GRASS CATrLE-Cho Sll0s,<c; coed
ztsS'; fair to medium. 2l4S2s4oi SCALA
m0GSSChoicc, 5S5S4c;; good, 4X@6c.
SHEEP.Choice, &c; medium. 3H@31lc
LAMBS..ohoico. SOC; common to good,
per head, 81 50@S.
KANSAS CITY, MO-, June 1.-THE Lise
Stoek Indicator reports: Cattle--Rsoeipts
1000 headi shipments, 400 head; market
dull; medium weight steers about steady -,
heavy neglectod; cGws and grass stuff weak
and lower; coed to ehsice, 81 ESQ
4 20i common TO medium, 81 5099 80;
st9okers, - 60uS Is; feeding steers, s. 300
head; shipments. 1900 head; heavy Sc
higher; light and medium 1oS higher |;
good to choice, 81 1894 IS; common to
medium, 81 2Sg4 20; skips and pigs. sS0
40. sheep-Recsints, SOC head; shipments,
5 90; eommOnto medium, s2G275.
CHICAGO, ILL, June 1.-THE Dropers'
;ioarndt reports: Cattle-Reeeipts, II ECO
head; shipments, noue; market weaker /;
shipping steers, 81 SOFA so; stoekers and
feeders, oO93 20; COWS, bulls and mixed,
u 1908 "a Texas cattle, 81 9oa3 60 Hogs
market active Sc hisher, closing weaker /;
rough and mixed, 81 S5@p5 rs; packing an
shipping S595 Is; light, 81 85655 10; ssips,
" bOGA 20. Sheep-Reesipts, 1000 head |;
shipments. 400 head; market steady; ma
tives, 500 80; Western, 50 5og4; lambs, per
head, 81 1898 eO.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET,
NEW YORK, June 17.-Thers was a
healthy demand of moderate proportions
present, but the chic! business resulted ron
deliveries In the execution Of orders, with
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A RARE OPPORTUNITY
To purchase one Of the
Finest Plantations
ON the Arkansas River.
ON the ArlKnnsas River.

1900 acres Of river bottom land, all above
overflow, 1000 acres in high state of cultiva-
ton and thoroughly ditshed, all andor coed
fence, ofwhioh or miles is barbed wire and
plank combined; so good frame tenoment
houses with brick ohinnoys; 2 COED dwell.
ings, with cisterns, gardens, orchard, otc. ;
hne barn, stable.aRd cribs; q fns Sstory gin
house, 80 foet long, with splendid mAchin-
cry, gins, feeders, con 1enscrs, etc. ; also,
grist and sawmill, 10 head mules and horses,
oxon, mich COWS, tools, wagons and har-
ness; about 1900 bu,hels corn, plenty of hay,
and cotton seed SUFFICIENT to plant the place,
Located on the nerth bank OF the hrkan-
saa river, or Q mileA below Little Rock, and
miles south OF tho Memoirs and Little
Rock railroad. The Arkansas Central and
Paramoro branch roads TO Little Rock have
both been located through the farm, and
will be running within a year, thus mskinE
this most desirable place.
Owing to advanced years and cOnse-
quent wish to retire from active farm man
agement, the owner will sell at great bar
gain and upon terms to suit any purchaser.
Cash payment sufficient TO pay for the por.
sonal property only required, and, after
one-third OF the real estate has been paid
for, the balance may stand for 20 years, In.
forest to be paid annually.
Ii desired, we can effect an exchange for
the whole or apart In good Memphis prop
orty at fair cash valuation.
For further information apply in person
or by correspondence TO
0VERTON Il GROSVENOR,
Memphis, Tenn.
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Supreme Court Sale.

Ne. 30, Shelby County Docket-Mary J..
Coske at al. We. j. 3. Hatcher OF al.
TTNDBH and BY virtue Of decree Of sale
u entered in above cause By the supreme
Court OF Tennessee, sitting at Jackson, at
the April term, 1887, will sell at public out
CRY, TO the highest and best bidder, at u
O'Clock M, on
in front Of the courthouse door. In the Tax
ing District Of Shelby county, Tennessee,
late city Of Memphis, the following lot OF
real estAtei Lying, situate and being in the
Taxing District Of Shelby county, Tonnes
see, late city Of Memphis, being lot No. ~,
block No. q, fronting 23lS feet, more or less,
on the west side OF Main street and rum ma
back 1850 feet, more or less, to an alley, upon
which is 81 uated three story brick ildinR
or store house, known as No. $50 Main street,
said property being situated between GayosO
and Union streets.
Terms-Sl5,000 cash, balance in two equal
pay ments at ono and two years, with per
cent, INTEREST," a lien 10 be retained on said
property to secure said deferred payments
'AN - inc. W. BuFeRD, Clerk.
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MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL. SATURDAY, LINE - ,soz

7t!.e. hishsIt 75s4c lowest 7l,I., closing a,
7lstc; September opened ct nc, hishest T7.'
lowest 76c, cls.insst 7esic. Corn, No. S-Junc
opened At sfc. highest a]tc, lowest Sc.
S7,lc. lowest s6JIe. closing at SIC: A n1nss
opened at $3.50, highest Soc, lowest ssiSc'
closing a %}tc; September opened 81 ssf 70,
Oats, No. 2--Juns opened at 2ss2c, hisheSt
o Ss.c. Lowest st. 2Sse. closing at 25sC; July
eto.ing at 900; August opened ~ 2SssS''
September opened at25 e. highest 2Sisc low,
est 2519c, closing at 259Sc. Receipts-Fiour,
300 brlsi wheat, n6,OO0 bu; corn, 5000
By oats, 10000 bu; rye. 400 bu; barley.
wheat, l7'ooa bu; corn. HO6o 1'S SS; OATS,
I,OOO bu; rye, II 900 bu; barley, - OlC hn.
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Abe Low /
Water. |
STATIONS.

CAIRO, June 1S.-NoOn-R q feet 7
inches on the gauge and falling. Weather
clear and warm.
WHEELING, June 7.-Noon-River s
feet 2 inches on tho gauge and falling.
Weather clear and warm.
EVANSVILLE, June 17.-Noon-River
feet . inches On tho gauge and falling
Weather clear and warm.
PITTSBURG, June 17.-Noen-River 2
feet 5 inches on tho gauge and falling,
Weather clear and very warm.
CINCINNATI, june H.-Noon--River IS
feet 8 inshes on the gauge and falling.
Weather clear; Thermometer, So.
LOUISVILLE, June l7.-Noon-Riyer s
feet 9 inches in the canal and . feet Z inches
on the falls and falling. Weather clear and
Warm.
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WOOL.

WOOLI-Burry grease wool, unwashed, l;
@lSc; clear grease wool, 23q25c bury
washed, 1880; tub wAsasd. S3aS5c.
Est. LOUIS, MO-, june 10.-Wool stead]
and more aetiyei UNIV ashed, bright medium
23dlSc; cOarte braid, l6td23c; low sandy
l392Oc; light, 19@24c; dne heavy, 1lg2Oo
low, 32935.
BOSTON, MASS, June 17.-Wool-hrn
in good demands Ohio and Pennsylvania K
S3ci AA, S3C955c choice Xxx and above a
Soc; Michigan a, 3l9Sl1sc; territory woods
3lo; Georgia, 3l@3l%c; ohoics Maine I'M
washed &c.; pulled woods superS, $1,000
extras, 33934c.
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PErROIEUM.

COAL 0lL-Pfime white. wholesale lots,
Ice per gallon.
OLEVBLANp, o.. Jane H.-PeGeleum
easy; .. W., no., 70.
PlTISDURG. Pa, June l7.-Petroleun
dull; Nstional Transit certificates opened at
90, closed at e2Jss, highest 631Sc, lowest
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H' WINES, Lh4UOKb ETO.
=, WHiSKY-StraiEh Kentucky Bourbon,
81 ooaS redistilled goods from 800 10 81 10,
according to proof; rye, S3a6.
steady, 81 05.
tiller's finished goods, 81 10.
OlNOlkNATL o.. June l7.-Whisky
steady sales. 1Oil brk anished goods on \
basis Of 81 Ob,
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INSTANTANEOUS STOCKS.

NEW YORK, June II Money on call
elsy at 1906 per cent. closed offered at per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 5d6 per cent
Sterling exchange dull but steady at 81 S3ll
for go day bills and 81 S45z for demand.
Bonds-Government and State bonds were
dull and sieaty.
Stocks-Today was the dullest day at the
Stock Exchange for ma weeks. The huc-
tuAtions in most stocks we're confined within
8 narrow range Of small fractions, and with
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COTTON SEED PROPHETS.

PR PRIME CRUDE OIL. 7@g7hc; of Grade.
~ p ysIlew u@Sm @s2cy yellow g2 Oh
summer yellow, 36938c; nrime cotton 5eed
meal, SIS 759l6 70; of cotton seed meal, sll
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HIDEs,-Dry flint, No. l, l5c, No. 2, 12ct
dry sailed, l0gl2ci green sailed. No, /, ne
No. 2, Go; green, $3.50. Shsep skins. l5oGSl
Beeswax, zoo. Tallow, 393ISc.
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AGRICULTURAL sKEDs.
LIVE RTOCK

SEEDS-ClOver, a rs per busheI, orchard
Grass, 81 Ssi 4Oi berdsgrass, Soc; Timothy,
sIg2 y German millet, S0sss5s; stock pea,
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high, slooe3S. The chief demand 10 ~
n 1enfr.m l.H 70 IS hands hiTh.
dre, q ssi, . s.siSy:'' !, S ssl: i .,,
Saddle sl76eI6; plugs, ti59S.
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COTTON MARKETS.

The local cotton market opened
steady aud closed steady; middling, lie.
Sales, lbs bales; receipts, IL bales; shipments,
30 bales; stock on hand, 1868 bales; receipts
70 date. 66O1O9 bales; shipments to dale,
646, 2l9 bales.
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS
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TOBACCO AND SNUFF.

garter legs, 81 so.
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MULES AND HORapu

MdUt,Es1QTieti Hto ltK hands high Ss5
6jS hands high, SiS5siio; l5S sU g q lands
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RIVEKs AaD WEATHER.

0TPIOE SIGNAL SIRvIOH, u. 8. AL
MEMPHIS, June II. pm.
The following observations are taken
At all stations named nj 75' meridian timo,
which IL one hour later than Memphis time:
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At noon: Liverpool spots we're dull. in
buyers favor. Sales, 5000 bales, Of which
American 5000 bales. Receipts, - bales, OF
which American - bales.
Closing quotations were as follows: 0rdi-
nary, 8 5-l6d; good ordinary, Sad; low mid
ding, SGD; good middlinR, 61Sd; middling
uplands, Cd; middlinK Orleans, Cd.
The prices are oiven IN pence and 64ths, thus
So meGns 63-64d; and OIL MEANS 5 SD
At noon; Liverpool futures were dull ;
June, S sod June-July, 5 God; July- August,
5 6295 Sid; August September, Gas SD Sep
tember- October, -; October November,
-; November December, SD; Deem ber-
January, 5 SD: September, -.
At 2 pm: Liverpool futures were quiet ;
June, cod, buyers; June-July, Old,
buyers; July-August. 5 Gid. buyers; Aug
ust-September, s SD, sellers; Septem-
Der. October, 46i, sellers; October Novem-
Der, s Sod, ssllera;; November December,
B 32d, value; December-Jap uary. 5 sd,
sellers; September, Cd, sellers.
At 4 pm; Liverpool futures were dull I;
June, 5 GOD, value; June-July, 8 God,
value; July-August, old, sellers; August
September. 5 62d, buyers; Septem ber- 0cto
Der, 45d, buyers; October November, 8 SD,
buyers; November December. 8 Sid, buy
ers; December. January, Sid, sellers; Sep
tember, B esd, buyers.
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FINANCE.

Money firm and fair supply; ample
4, fer the demand at & to 5 per cent. Tho
Clearing House report is as follows:
OLHARINGS
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MOYRNKNrs Az rME LkVkE.

MONEnhNrs AT rAE
+, ArrsssiS -:Arkansas City, 81 L ons Jas.
LeeL FTRrs Point; Rene Ma1esfy, Vioeoia
y. e1lcyI Ohio Tiyeri nh, A 'A"usas
pepsrttvss. "a rkAntas cay, Vieh ouIg'
James Lee, hiars Point; Rene Mssr\ w
Ssessh; Belie hemphh, 81. Leuis; pA o'O'
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FOR CAIRO AND ST. LOUIS.
1887. Summer Arrangement. 1887.

Connecting at Cairo with tho Illinois Gen.
trail and g., ". * O. Railroads, and at 81.
Louis with Rail and Water Lines for an
points North, West and East.
Leaying. MEMPHIS every SUNDAY and
FRIDAY at pm, and on TUESDAYS at
%, PM from tho Elevator Building.
Str. CITY OF CAIRO
Juno Sd, 14th and h.
Str. BELLE MEMPHIS
June 5th, 18th and 18th.
Str. CITY OF PROVIDENCE
June 7th. 18th and July 1t.
Str. ARKANSAS. CITY
June 10th, 2lst and July d.
Str. CITY OF VICKsBURG-
juno 18th, oath and July 6th.
For general information, apply 10
AID. STORM, Agent.
q i. HALL. Passenger Agent.
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STEAM BOATS.
For kAlla.

TNHE5 g,,rnwbsel steamboat I'D FOSTER
street. Dimensions; 1870 n. lang, Is II. beam,
3 II. holi; cylinders S-inoh diameter, 81 II.
stroke; one boiley. Is very Cheap on fuel
and .rung we'll. Is now ready or business,
and solt BECAUSE we have no place for her.
ton, on board Of said boat, to tho highest
bidder, on tho DTp JUNE, az ~ m. ANY
Communication addressed to Memphis and
vieksburS Packet GO. will receive prompt
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NMlSKY. MINEH. IIauaRa ETA

$3.50. ~ ~
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RIVERS and STEAMBOATS,

STEAMERS l.
SUNDAY
yish .crvx CIV, rEnuRs,lt Am.
81. L suis. .......CIrY OF PRoA n' p'm'
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New York futures opened quiet aud easy
and closed barely steady, and IS TO l6
points lower. Sales, 81, 300 bales. The clos
ing quotations were as follows:
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RAGaING ANR T,rn
HIDES AMI TALUoyV.

BAGGING-eHa71Ic.
TIES-Sl 05@t 10.
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The Ne. SIossd bsrsIy stsasr ma g I9tnis
ssints lsMs Sales, 5000 bales. Quota
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New York and principal cities North and
East, "a discount buying, e premium sell
ing; New England sight, Il discount buy
ing; New Orleans, q discount buying, par
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Dead Faces in Battle.

When we got into the Brock road in
trenchments man few files to my
left dropped dead, shot just above the
right eye. He did not groan, or sigh,
or make the slightest physical move
ment, except that the chest heaved
few times. The light went out of his
face instantly, leaving it without a
particle of expression. 1t was plastic,
and, as the facial muscles contracted,
it took many shapes. When the mans
body became cold, and his face hard
ened, it was horribly distorted, as
though he had suffered intensely. Any
person who had not seen him killed
would have said that he had endured
extreme agony before death released
him. A few minutes after he fell,
another man, little farther TO the left,
fell with apparently a precisely similar
wound. He was Strengthened out and
lived for over an hour. He did not
speak Simply lay on his back, and
his broad chest rose and fell, slowly at
| first, and then faster and faster, and
more and more feebly until he was
dead. And his face hardened, and it
was almost terrifying in its painful
| distortion. / have seen dead soldiers
faces which were wreathed in smiles;
and heard their comrades say that they
had died happy. 1 do not believe that
the face of dead soldier, lying on a
battlefield, ever truthfully indicated
the mental or physical anguish or
! peacefulness of mind which he suffer
ed or enjoyed before his death. The
| face is plastic after death, and as the
| facial muscles cool and contract they
draw the face into many shapes.
Sometimes the dead smile, again they
stare with CLASSY eyes and lolling
tongue and dreadfully distorted visages
at you. 1t goes for nothing! One
death was as painless as the other
RecotlectionS of a Private.
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SHOT HERSELF.
Mrs. Lizzie Curtis Shoots Herself
Through the Left Side,
With the Avowsd intention of Com
hitting Suicide.
Probabilities that the Wound viii
Terminate Fatally.
he Refuses to Give any Reason for
the Rash Act.

Friday morning about 1870 Lizzie
Curtis, domestic in the employ of A
Jones, living at IA Merchants street,
shot herself through the rightside with
a 32-calibre revolver, intiicting a wound
which it is thought viii result fatally.
Upon hearing this shocking news a
reporter called at the residence of Mr..
Jones and learned the following facts
in the case:
Lizzie Curtis, aged 20, has for the
past three months been engaged in do
ing housework for the family Of MIR.
Jones. OF her past life this much is
known, that she was married at the
age of fifteen to Mr.. Curtis, from whom
she was divorced three years ago. She
was naturally of a very cheerful dis
position, and had good many friends,
going frequently to entertainments,
parties, etc. She had habit, how
ever, of speaking in reckless manner
of taking her own life. She would often
say II wish 1 was dead" and when
asked why she said such things would
reply in careless tone that she had
been wanting to die for two years back
That morning she got breakfast and
did her Homework as usual and in a
cheerful manner.
About 10 o'clock she borrowed a re-
volver of Dallis Holmes, the boy who
works about Mr.. Jones' stable, telling
him that she and friend were going
to the country and they did not want
to go alone The revolver is the prop
erty of boy by the name of John Her
ron. which he had loaned to young
Holmes.
After securing the weapon she went
to her room and, lying down on the
floor, shot into her right side just above
the waist. the ball passing through her
body to the left side. Mrs. Jones
heard the shot and FASTENED to the
room and found Lizzie lying there
grooming. She Immediately sent for
Mr.. Jones and doctor.
DR.. Foncannon called and examined
the wound. which he said was very
likely to cause death from the fact that
it bled internally and was in a vital
spot.
The girl did not loose consciousness
and when asked why she had shot her
self, replied that she had a reason, but
would give none. She Furthermore
said she was not sorry, and hoped sh'
would die.
About Ii o'clock hack was called
and she was removed to st. Mary
hospital.
| Upon examination it was found tina
her trunk was packed and everything
arranged in her room as if she in
tended to leave, but as she had givel
no notice to the family it is suppose'
that she had arranged things with tn
intention of committing suicide.
At last accounts she is very low ant
not expected to live.
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Two Balloon stories.

In talk with John Forepaugh last
night, says writer in the Philadelphia
Nescs, heard several interesting stor-
les OF adventures with hot-air balloons.
eve used TO initiate the balloons and
send them skyward at every stopping
point OF the Forepaugh show he said,
land remember now one incident in
regard to these balloons which occurred
in 1874 at Chester. There was large
crowd on the grounds, and a man we
called Big Smith was inside the bag
while it was being inflated. At last the
balloon bu1ged out, nearly full, and
Smith crawled from under Twenty
five men were holding the balloon, and
Smith. after he got outside the machine,
saw a candy butcher named Mitchell
standing near him. Before any one
could count five Smith grabbed Mitch
ell, threw him in the basket, and yell
ed. Let go!' The men dropped the
p,pes, the balloon shot aloft like 8 rock
ct, and ten thousand people strained
their eyes as they saw it grow smaller
and smaller, until it was out of sight.
when the balloon was first skipping
toward heaven Mitchell's head could be
seen over the edge of the basket, as he
JeIlGus -hcips 1OE AFOO 5 sake. HHen
the big bag f1oated beyond the range of
vision a dozen men started northward
the way the wind carried the balloon
jim teams. They drove eight or ten
miles, and they found the balloon with
the wretched Mitchell lying helplessly
in the basket on the bank of creek.
Mitchell's head had actually turned
white from fright in his hours ride in
the clouds.
Several years after that, in another
town, Big Smith was inside another
balloon while it was being inflated.
After it was full of hot air he crawled
over the edge efthe basket and another
man got in for trip through the ozone
belt. Some one yelled, Let gor The
ropes were loosened, but one rope on
the side on which Smith was getting
out, took turn around his leg, clutch
ed him tightly, and as the balloon shot
skyward it took Smith with it by the
ankle. His terrified companion in the
basket, who heard the cry of horror
that swept over the crowd, could not
help him, for if he changed his position
the chances were that the basket would
upset or that the rope would uncoil.
After about ten minutes the balloon
came down with Smith unconscious
and his head full of blood. However,
he recovered, and is yet in the show
business.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-17

The marriage of DIR. L. S. Mathews
and Miss Rose Bartch. both of En-
poria, Kansas, took place at the resi-
dence Of the brides sister, Mrs. L. F.
Won Wimpffen, 15S east Fifth street,
on Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock,
Rev. Z. T. Hiscox. officiating. It was
a very quiet wedding, only the rela-
tives and intimate friends of the con-
tracing parties being present. The
bride wore travelling suit of dark blue
silk and velvet, with diamond Orna-
ments. After the ceremony refresh
ments were served. The bridal couple
departed on the midnight train for
Chicago. where they will remain for
several days, thence going to Emporia,
Kansas. where reception viii be
rendered them at the home of the
bride parents, after which they will
proceed to their future home at San
Diego. California. The bride has Wis
tied her sister frequently during the
past five years, and is held in high es-
TEEN for her many accomplishments.
The groom has practiced dentistry in
Emporia for the past five years. He
is a man of excellent character and
stands high in his profession
Winona (Minn.l Republican.